Bread Box. A Hundred Years Ago Question.

Store Bread in a Bread Box

In this post, on A Hundred Years Ago, the question is posed:

I’ve never owned a bread box, and just put plastic-wrapped loaves of bread on the kitchen counter. Are bread boxes just an old-fashioned way of storing bread, or do they help maintain quality?

I've never owned one either.  Nor did my parents.

I wonder what the answer to the question is?